put asunder en · VERB
Etymology
From put + asunder.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To sunder; disjoin; separate.
What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 10:9:Luther touched on an additional argument that when a Christian magistrate "puts asunder" a marriage, he is in fact operating as God, since he is God's vice-regent.
2002, John Witte, Law and Protestantism:But when husband Hilton began to play too many games involving such expressions as "snake eyes," she fled into the arms of Michael Wilding, a handsome English prince who had himself been married once and put asunder but who was still in fine shape.
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Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| putting asunder | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| puts asunder | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| put asunder | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put asunder | Tense=Past | lexicographic |